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G2Peak 1 December 1993 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 1 December 1993 (Kp 6): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 6. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 54.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 50.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 15 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Tue 30 Nov 15:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Tue 30 Nov 18:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Tue 30 Nov 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Wed 1 Dec 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Wed 1 Dec 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Wed 1 Dec 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Wed 1 Dec 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 1 Dec 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 1 Dec 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 1 Dec 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 1 Dec 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Thu 2 Dec 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 2 Dec 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 2 Dec 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 2 Dec 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 2 Dec 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 2 Dec 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 2 Dec 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Thu 2 Dec 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Fri 3 Dec 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Fri 3 Dec 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Fri 3 Dec 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 1 DecThu 2 DecFri 3 Dec
Kp 0–3 Kp 4 Kp 5–6 (G1–G2) Kp 7+ (G3+) Times in UTC; faded bars are forecasts.

Three-hourly Kp from GFZ, one day either side of the storm.

Where the aurora could be seen

1,733 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 345 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
United Kingdom 345 Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh Manchester
United States 314 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Anchorage, Buffalo Beverly
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Poland 64 Gdańsk, Gdynia, Olsztyn, Elbląg Chojnice
Germany 56 Kiel, Lübeck, Rostock, Flensburg Norderstedt
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Ireland 37 Dublin, Galway, Tallaght, Drogheda Dublin
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
New Zealand 4 Invercargill, Gore, Stewart Island/Rakiura (Oban), The Catlins (Owaka) Gore
Australia 3 Hobart, Bruny Island (Alonnah), Southport / Cockle Creek Hobart
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
Svalbard & Jan Mayen 1 Longyearbyen Longyearbyen
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,874 more towns could have caught a faint red or green glow low on the horizon with a phone or camera.

Whether the aurora was actually seen also depended on the weather. Use this as a guide to where it was possible.

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